Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-06-18
Women and the Politicians.
BROOKIYr Jnne Stb Iel

DhOOkLfS, June 9th, lSST.
 EclToR CrTIZRN:-There is the great est opposition on the part of the politi clans O: Brooklyn to the introduction O
 women to the Board of Education
 The Eagle Is particularly narrow anC bitter m its treatment of the subject making use of the old argument tha women do not want such positions, anC thls too ID the face of the most enthu siastic meeting ever held in this city This great audience was made up of the orRlniest men and women of Brooklyn was presided over by the Rev, Dr Storrs. and addressed by our most able and influential citizens. Mir, $. V. V hlte, commonly called "DsRcop" our broker. onr congressman, and our al- ways reliable help in all cases of public and private need. told of his experience with women who held important offices m our great institutions. IL was 6 splendid record. and Mir. White made all hls points with force and directness which left nothing 10 be wished. It does not seem possible 10 produce one logical reason against the proposed in- noVaton. Wherever women have served on school boards, the results have been unquestionBbly good, and this Is not denied by the opposers of the movement. If the editor of the Eagle would bury the antiquated chest nut about women nos wanting to-" and give one substantial reason for his dis approval, It would make better show ing Tor this newspaper ID the days when the mothers and fathers of the nation shall officially confer m regard to the best interests of their children.
 Laura BridgmRn is greatly interested ID the Kindergarten for deaf and dumb children, and helps to raise a fund for II by knitting the most delicate and bssu- tful lace. She uses so fine a thread, and such intricate patterns that the work Is very trying to her nerves, She knits very rapidly and the skill with which she unties knot or straightens a snarl Is phenomenal She IS very fond of ringing order odt of tangles, and her friends bring her their hardest knots not only in hlmy threads but in spiritual and moral troubles.
 The power of imagination IS suppos ed to much stronger ID women than iu men, but this does not appear to have been the case m a recent hospital ex- perIment. Df. Durand, wishing to test the practical effect of mind upon ais. ease, administered to one hundred pa tients a dose of sveetened water. Eff teen minutes afterwaTd, entering the ward apparently m & state of great ex- citemeut, he announced that he had by mistake gwen powerful emetic, and preparations must be made accordingly, Eighty out of the hundred patients be- came thoroughly Ill, and exhibited the usual result of sn emetic. but twenty were unaffected. The curious part of 1t is tbatwith very few exceptions the eighty mentioned" subjects were men, while the strong minded few who were not to be caught were women.
 A well known Brooklyn gentleman bought some land in Riverside, Cal, only a few years ago for what might be termed & song-nRnlely ten dollars Hn acre. Last week be could have dIspos- ed of 1t for substantial fortune. The resources of Southern California are as valuable as they are inexhaustibls. By reason ofIts freedom f-om malRrial IL flu ences, its delightful climate. it's luscious fruits, and sll the year round veseis- bles, its gorgeous scenery. its great pure breathing spacss, and blessed el- bow room, become a fsvOrite resort for the sick and the crowded. Then the care that is taken in these beautiful towns to exclude all forms of Intemper- ancs makes reside in this locality dou5ly desirahly, Long may 1t wave.
 Robert J. Burdetse says l; is imposSi- ble for SD engaged young man to teach his lady love to whistle, because some thing else IS snre to happen when she gets her mouth m position. MT. Bur dette has recently been made deacon ID Baptist church ard he must know what he is talking about and equally of course he would say anything that he dJd not personally know to be true. We always knew where Robert belonged.
 ELEANOR KIRK.